Greek Boy Masters English at Montgomery Eatery
On July 2 Spiros Callagher, a 16-year-old Greek boy from Patmos, arrived in Montgomery to join his brother Michael at a local restaurant. He demonstrated fluency in English by confidently ordering and speaking with patrons, including the phrase What for you mister, highlighting rapid adaptation to American service routines.
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Oak Hill
Spiros Callagher
Patmos
Aegean Sea
Michael
Montgomery Restaurant
Thef
John Landros
Daughter born to Phillipses in Fayetteville
Fayetteville residents Mr and Mrs Charles Phillips announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday morning. The baby weighed ten pounds at birth. Mother and child are reported doing well.
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Fayetteville
Charles Phillips
City
Births Without Physicians Still Possible in Fayette
Fayetteville July 2 health leaders in Fayette county consider that more children are born at home without medical aid than with medical help in home or hospital. Dr E S Hamilton of Oak Hill believes this, while county health officials acknowledge a possibility. The issue is said to be greater in southern states, and remote Fayette county areas may lack licensed midwife assistance.
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Fayetteville
West Virginia
Oak Hill
Fayette County
E. S. Hamilton
Florida Winter To Aid Hearing Oak Hill
Mrs John Blake returned from Bluefield to seek a specialist for her son Danny Ray's hearing. The couple plans to take the boy to Florida in October to protect him from cold damp weather causing recurrences. John Blake stays in Oak Hill to run a taxicab and support the fight.
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Oak Hill
John Blake
Bluefield
Danny Ray
Florida
Raleigh
N. C
John
Birth of Son to Trooper Bowles Family in Oak Hill
Word received from Oak Hill on July 2 reports the birth of Otto Cleveland Bowles Jr., a seven pound son to Mrs Otto Bowles wife of a state trooper in the northern part of the state and a former local boy.
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Oak Hill
Otto Bowles
Otto Cleveland Bowles Jr
Fayette County Farm Renovated at Oak Hill
Oak Hill July 2 The 1936 program of improvement at the Fayette county farm was completed Tuesday announced yesterday New cement walks connect cottages three new cottages showers for inmates and renovation of all old cottages included in the project
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Oak Hill
Fayette County
Homeless Pooch Lands in Jail in Fayetteville
Night turnkey G. T. Myles at Fayette county jail reports a stray dog, likely a birdhound, found its way to the sheriff’s boarding house. The animal was turned in by an acquaintance from White Sulphur and awaits a new home for anyone willing to take the quiet hound.
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Fayetteville
G. T. Myles
Fayette County
S. J. Jasper
Myles
Students Drive Laundry Trucks Oak Hill
Two local college students drive laundry trucks to pay expenses for next session. Ben Burnside, son of Dr and Mrs Burnside and former freshman class president at West Virginia University, and James F Van Pelt Jr, who will undertake pre medical work at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, operate the trucks.
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Oak Hill
Ben Burnside
B. C. Burnside
West Virginia University
James F. van Pelt Jr
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
William McKell Showing Satisfactory Recovery
Reports from Coal Valley hospital Montgomery indicate William G. McKell is recovering well after surgery. He is expected to be home in about two weeks, with the prominent coal operator nearing return.
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Glen Jean
Coal Valley Hospital
Montgomery
William G. McKell
Two Homes Open To Centenarian Oak Hill
July 2 report from Fayet te county notes Lucy Crouch of Sanger plans to move her 106 year old father Wyatt Sumner from the Fayet te county farm to her home. His brother Joe Sumner of Ogg favors taking him to Ogg for a visit. Wyatt is a veteran of the War Between the States who spent much of his life in lumbering.
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Oak Hill
Lucy Crouch
Sanger
Wyatt Sumner
Fayette County
Joe Sumner
Ogg
Joe
Fragmentary note on Wyatt and a possible Jong journey
A fragment indicates Wyatt has not closely tracked his children's whereabouts and is anxious about a potential Jong journey to be with his son. The text reflects concern over custody or travel plans without detailing dates or locations.
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Will
Wyatt
Painters Cover House Numbers in Kaymoor
July 2 report notes collectors face difficulty in Kaymoor as painters who aimed for a thorough job painted over house numbers. Debtors may rejoice as the error requires visitors to ascend porch steps to read the faded figures.
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Kaymoor
Longtime Bulb Lit Since 1904 Shines in Birmingham
An electric light bulb owned by C. V. Trencale of Birmingham Alabama has remained in continuous use since 1904, illustrating remarkable longevity of early electrical fixtures.
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C. V. Trencale
Birmingham
Ala
Stores Impose Early Closing in Fayetteville
Local merchants in Fayetteville decide on a summer curfew with no bells. All stores will close at 6 p.m. and remain closed all day July 4.
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Fayetteville
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Phillipses
RIVER
Green River
Oldetyme Distillers Inc
N.Y
Fayette
Hamilton
Son
Trooper Bowles
Kentucky
Brown-Forman Distillery Co
Louisville
Fayette County Farm
William M’kell
VEAL
Crescent Grocery
Neville
Beckley’s
ZS Habed
Eon
Ryle
Ombinaton
Sport Oxfords
Jo-Ann
Wom
Oxfords
Sox
White Tennis Oxfords
Schlitz
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company
Milwaukee, Wisc
8.B. Co.—ag
Milwaukee
Lilly Ice and Bottling Works
Pemberton, W. VA
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